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organs really orifjinate at the torus, and that in a cross-seetion through 

 the adherent ])()rti()ns the niieroseope will often demonstrate the tissues 

 of such a part adnate to those of the part from which it appears to 

 emanate. In descriptive i)hrase()logy, the term "Calyx adherent" 

 always means "adherent to the ovary," or ejjigynons, e\en though the 



Fig. 5-1. Adnate petal of Viuiilhi. Tm. (iynaiiilnius slauieiis i.f .\,l,iihim, as prevalent in the Apo- 

 cynaceae. 56. Flower of rolorjnth, with inferior ovary and superior (adherent) calyx. 57. Longi- 

 tudinal section through flower of I'Mox, .showing stamens adherent to corolla. 58. The same through 

 flower of cherry, showing adhesion of all parts except the pistil. 50. "Double" flower of rose, showing 

 the stamens of tlio ".single" fiower (60) transformed into ix'lals. 



words "to the ovary" are omitted 

 condition is to say "Ovary inferior 



Another mode of stating tl;e same 

 r " ( 'alyx su])erior." It frc(iuentl\- 

 happens that the condition is only partial, when the terms "Half 

 inferior" and "Partly inferior" are emi)loyed. 'riure are cases where 

 proper aj)])lication of any of these tei-nis is doiihtful and some ])fr))h'xity 

 is created. 



The Ili/ixnilliliini.- In many cases tlie toiMis, wliicli is to he remem- 

 bered as the end of a hraiich, is hollow and has the lower portion of the 

 flower inside of it and adherent to the inner surface of its cup (Figs. 



